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    Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is...
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    Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020...
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    Landmark in 1961, the district is one of only six in the state of Nevada. Virginia City was the prototype for future frontier mining boom towns, with its...
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    and vulgar spectacle that was unfolding 200 miles away in Virginia City, Nevada where a city of 30,000 had sprung up overnight on top of the massive mountain...
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    is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe...
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  • Virginia City Highlands is an unincorporated community north of Virginia City, Nevada straddling the Storey County and Washoe County border. The community...
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    The Virginia and Truckee Railroad (stylized as Virginia & Truckee Railroad) is a privately owned heritage railroad, headquartered in Virginia City, Nevada...
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    The Red Dog Saloon is a bar and live music venue located in Virginia City, Nevada. The bar played an important role in the history of the psychedelic...
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    former public school building located at 537 South "C" Street in Virginia City, Nevada. Designed in 1876 by architect C. M. Bennett in the Second Empire...
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  • Virginia to save the Confederacy. The film premiered in its namesake, Virginia City, Nevada. The film was shot in black and white (sepiatone). Union officer...
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  • Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada. Baltimore is the most populous independent city in the United States. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all municipalities...
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    Southern minority whose stronghold was in Virginia City (which had been named by Southerners). These supporters for Nevada secession even claimed victory in defeating...
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  • January 2021. "M 6.0 – Near Virginia City, Nevada". USGS-ANSS. Retrieved 24 Jan 2021. "M 6.4 – Northwest of Virginia City, Nevada". USGS-ANSS. Retrieved 24...
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    mining town in the Virginia Range, see: Comstock Lode Virginia City, Nevada Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada) National Register...
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    gold). The strikes brought Nevada to the forefront of the nation again, just as the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, had in the late 1800s. While...
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    St. in Virginia City, Nevada, is a well-preserved historic Italianate-style house that was built in 1876. It is included in the Virginia City Historic...
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    Theresa Fair Oelrichs (category People from Virginia City, Nevada)
    Virginia (nicknamed "Birdie"), Charles and James, Jr. In 1873, her father and three partners, discovered the "Big Bonanza" in Virginia City, Nevada,...
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  • centers on the wealthy Cartwright family, who live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene...
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    Pythias lodge hall located in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. It was built of cast iron and stuccoed brick in 1876 by Nevada Lodge No. 1 of the Knights...
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  • late 19th century and very early 20th century who lived in the Virginia City, Nevada and Bodie, California areas. A local legend states that she selflessly...
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    state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is officially known as the "Silver...
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    4-4-0 type is undergoing restoration at her original home in Virginia City, Nevada. Virginia & Truckee #11 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in...
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    The International Hotel was a hotel located in Virginia City, Nevada. The hotel initially opened as a wooden one-story building in 1860. Two years later...
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    Old Washoe Club (category Buildings and structures in Virginia City, Nevada)
    Washoe Club) is a three-story brick structure in Virginia City, Nevada, USA, located in the Virginia City Historic District. The first story is currently...
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    Piper's Opera House is an historic performing arts venue in Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada in the United States. Piper's served as a training facility...
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    Abraham Lincoln. Thus Nevada became one of only two states admitted to the Union during the war (the other being West Virginia) and earned the nickname...
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    Western Nevada (WNV) is a region and the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada that includes Reno, Carson City, Carson Valley and Virginia City. Lyon...
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    27, 1870) was a Canadian miner after whom the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, was named. The Comstock Lode was the richest silver mine in American...
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    Julia Bulette (category People from Virginia City, Nevada)
    January 19/20, 1867) was an English-born American prostitute in Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown serving the Comstock Lode silver mine. She was murdered...
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    an unincorporated community in Storey County, Nevada, located just south and downhill of Virginia City. Incorporated December 17, 1862, in order to prevent...
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